Gas Attendant Pepper-Sprayed In Robbery Try

Martinez -- A young gas station employee was doused with pepper spray by a robber who fled after he was unable to open the station's cash register, police said yesterday.

The attempted robbery took place Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. at the Union 76 station on Alhambra Avenue. The employee, a juvenile whose name was not disclosed because of his age, was sprayed with the chili pepper agent as he was cleaning a bathroom. He was treated at the scene but was otherwise uninjured.